For eyewear enthusiasts.Any frame, any model, sourced for you. Fitted to the millimetre, with lenses and custom tints made for the frame.
Some people wear glasses. Some people collect them.
Most of the people who come to us privately live close by, in Cheadle, south Manchester, Stockport and across Cheshire. If you notice a hinge before a logo, know your frame size by heart, or have kept every pair you have ever loved, you are in good company here.
Three steps. No wall of frames.
- 01Tell us what you love
The frames you wear now, the makers you like, the model you are after, your prescription and the dates you are free. Or fill in our short brief.
- 02We prepare a short list
Before you arrive at our Cheadle practice, your dispensing optician chooses frames for your face, your prescription and your taste, so the appointment starts with pieces worth trying.
- 03Fitted, then looked after
We measure to the millimetre and tell you every measurement and why, name the exact lens, and adjust the finished pair on you. Then we look after them for as long as you wear them.
Not on our shelves? We source it for you.
You do not have to choose from whatever happens to be in the drawer. Tell us the maker, the model, the size and the colour, and we will bring it in for you to try.
Some of the makers people who love eyewear ask about most. Tap any to add it to your brief.
Sourced for you on request. Dita is also on our shelves at Cheadle. Looking for a discontinued model, a colour code or a size that is hard to find? Tell us the details when you book, or bring a photo, and we will look.
The piece nobody else is wearing.
Every frame on our shelves was chosen by us, by hand. Start with these, or with anything you would like us to source.
- Tom FordExplore
- Saint LaurentExplore
- DitaExplore
- MontblancExplore
- JF ReyExplore
- SilhouetteExplore
- CartierBy request
- ChanelBy request
On our shelves at Cheadle.
A tint that makes the pair yours.
Lens colour changes a frame more than anything else. Choose the colour, the strength and the finish, and we match it to the acetate or the metal, so the pair looks like nobody else’s.
- Any colour: tea, amber, rose, green, grey-blue, violetYour colour
- Light enough for indoors, or dark enough for sunYour strength
- Gradient, darker at the top and fading to clearGradient
- Mirror finishes, from silver to blueMirror
- Polarised, including gradientsPolarised
- Lenses that darken outside, in colourPhotochromic
- Matched to the colour of your frameMade to match
Made with your prescription, single vision or varifocal, by our custom tint lab or by Hoya, Zeiss, Essilor, Shamir, Rodenstock and independent lens houses. Price on asking.
We talk about frames the way you do.
Ask us anything about how a frame is made or how it should fit. We are happy to talk acetate and hinges for as long as you like.
- Acetate cut and polished from a blockDepth of colour
- Titanium and beta titaniumLight and strong
- Hinges, wire cores and rivetsWhat lasts
- Keyhole and saddle bridgesFit at the nose
- Nose pads added to an acetate frame, for a low bridge: from £30, up to about £70 if the frame needs drilling. We tell you before we start.From £30
- Weight, the thing you feel by the end of the dayComfort
- Drilled rimless framesThe lens matters
- Frame size, for example 51-19-145Fit, not only looks
Your lenses are chosen for the frame as well as for your eyes: thin where a fine metal rim shows the edge, the right material for a drilled rimless, and centred exactly where you look. We fit lenses from Hoya, Zeiss, Essilor, Shamir, Rodenstock and independent lens houses.
Our promise: you will know exactly which lens you are getting, and every measurement we take and why.
The lens maker, the lens design and the coating, written down before you choose. Your pupil distances, fitting heights, frame wrap and tilt, explained as we take them and kept on file for you.
So many options. Tell us what you want.
Answer as much or as little as you like. Nothing is sent from here: mention it when you book, or bring it to your appointment, and your dispensing optician will prepare your short list from it.
For as long as you wear them.
A beautiful frame deserves to be kept beautiful. Your aftercare is part of the service, every time you visit.
- AdjustmentsFree
- Glasses MOTFree
- Minor repairs, nose pads and screwsWhile you wait
- Love Your Glasses GuaranteeSixty days
- New lenses fitted to your own frame, from £60 full frame, £80 half-rim, £100 rimlessYour frame, our lenses
Sixty days from collection: if the fit or style of the frame is uncomfortable, or the lenses aren’t right, choose an alternative frame or lenses at no charge.
It starts with your eyes.
The frame is the part people see. Your eye test decides how well the lenses work in it. Forty-five minutes with the optometrist, explained on screen, with time to talk.
Visiting Manchester or living abroad? Tell us your dates and we’ll plan your appointment at Cheadle.
Private appointments: your questions
Do I need an appointment?
Yes. Frames and styling are by appointment only, so you have a dispensing optician to yourself and nothing is rushed. Styling is free, with no obligation to buy.
Can you get a frame you don’t have on the shelf?
Yes. Any frame, any model, sourced for you. Tell us the maker, the model, the size and the colour, or show us a photo, and we will bring it in for you to try.
Which makers can you source?
Any you like. The ones people ask us about most include Dita, Moscot, Cutler and Gross, Mykita, Eyevan and Oliver Peoples. These are sourced for you on request.
Which houses are on your shelves?
Tom Ford, Saint Laurent, Dita, Montblanc, JF Rey and Silhouette are on our shelves at Cheadle. Cartier and Chanel are by request.
Can you do custom lens tints?
Yes. Choose the colour, the strength and the finish: a light tint for indoors, a gradient, a mirror, or lenses that darken outside, matched to your frame and made with your prescription by our custom tint lab or by Hoya, Zeiss, Essilor, Shamir, Rodenstock and independent lens houses. Price on asking.
Can you put new lenses in a frame I already own?
Yes, including vintage frames and frames bought elsewhere. New lenses fitted to your own frame, from £60 full frame, £80 half-rim, £100 rimless.
Will you tell me which lens I am getting?
Yes, always. You will know the lens maker, the lens design and the coating before you choose, and every measurement we take and why.
Do you fit nose pads to acetate frames?
Yes. From £30, up to about £70 if the frame needs drilling. We tell you the price before we start.
Is this the same as your NHS home visit service?
No. This page is for private eyewear appointments. If you, or someone you care for, cannot get to a practice for health reasons, our home eye tests page explains the NHS home visit service.
Can I have prescription sunglasses?
Yes. Prescription sunglasses are from £199. Ask us about tints, gradients and mirror finishes when you book.
Tell us a little. We will do the rest.
Book a private styling appointment at our Cheadle practice, or ask us first and we will call you back. Styling is free, with no obligation to buy.
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